Influencer Institute: Introducing the Influencer Institute—And a Call to Action!
Visit the Crucial Skills blog to learn more about the VitalSmarts Influencer Institute and how you can leave the world a little better than you found it.
Posts by Brittney Maxfield
Crucial Applications: Office Haunting—How to Have Scary Conversations at Work
Visit the Crucial Skills blog to learn how to have scary conversations at work.
Crucial Applications: How to Talk Politics with Friends—and Still Have Some Left
Visit the Crucial Skills blog to learn how to talk politics with friends . . . and still have some left.
Before & After: I Felt Like a Nurse Again by Gaylen T.
Visit the Crucial Skills blog to learn how Gaylen’s coworker used Crucial Conversations skills to comfort a patient’s family member.
Off the Author's Bookshelf: What Al's Reading
Visit the Crucial Skills blog to read our latest Off the Author’s Bookshelf article and find out what Al Switzler is reading.
REACH 2012: One of the Best Professional Development Conferences
One word comes to mind to adequately describe the VitalSmarts REACH 2012 trainer conference: AMAZING! For two days in August, trainers from around the world gathered at the base of the majestic Rocky Mountains in Salt Lake City for a truly remarkable experience. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videoseries?list=PL13800C5849FACCBD&hl=en_US&w=600&h=338] The new BIG Idea sessions—twenty-minute keynote speeches on a wide …
How can I help participants brainstorm strategies for change plans that are based on soft skills?
Visit the Crucial Skills blog to read Candace Bertotti’s response to this question: How can I help participants brainstorm strategies for change plans based on soft skills?
Before & After: How to Get What You Really Want by Jon K.
Visit the Crucial Skills blog to learn how Jon’s daughter used Crucial Conversations to get what she really wanted . . . a Barbie.
Crucial Applications: Able Arguers are Ten Times Happier than Silent Spouses
Research shows able arguers are ten times happier than silent spouses. Visit the Crucial Skills blog to learn more.
Before & After: My BIG Crucial Conversation by Maureen Winningham
Visit the Crucial Skills blog to learn how Crucial Conversations helped Maureen change her life and build a special relationship with her father before it was too late.